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MACHINERY :FOR LOADING VESSELS WITH GOAL AND1-IRON.

No. 260,007. kk Patented June 27,188

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UNITED STATE-S PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DUNN, OF ZANESVILLE, AND ANDREW BEOKERT, OF' SANDUSKY,

OHIO.

lMACHINERY FOR LOADING VESSEILS WITH COAL.I AND IRON.

lSPECIFICATION forming .part of Letters 'Patent No. 260,007, dated June 27, 1882,'

' Appncauon med April 21,1882. (No model.)

4in the counties of Muskingum and Erie and,` State of Ohio, have invented certain new and :useful Improvementsin Machinery for Loading Vessels. with Goal, Iron, 86e.; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

, and to the letters andl figures of reference platforms marked thereon, which form apart of this speci- 'fication.

Our invention relates to improved arrangements for loading vessels with coal, iron ore, other minerals, and grain.

The object of the invention is to load ves-` sels with great speed and aminimum amount of labor, and avoid the breaking of the material transferred into dust or small pieces. This -is accomplishedA by providing means, which will hereinafter be described, whereby an operator can use his feet to work one, portion of the device and his hand the other, so that one operator can superint-end the loading of the buckets and the transfer of their contents to a vessel moored alongside of a wharf upon which the loading mechanism is arranged, all as will hereinafter be explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an end elevation, showing wharf, derrick, inclined track, movable cars or platforms, and buckets or tubs in position to receive the loadv from the side-dump cars.` Fig.'2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same, showing position of the chain or rope used inv moving the cars or platform. Fig. 4. is a side view of machinery to move cars or Fig. 5 is an end view of the same, showing drum upon which the rope or chain is wound. Fig. 6 is a plan of the same, showing the manner of applying the friction arrangement to move the cars or platforms. Fig. 7 is a side view of the same, showing pedal ar` rangement worked by the operators feet. Fig.

. 8 is a perspective view of car F.

. A represents a wharf; B, the derrick-house; C, the derrick, having suitable mechanism for moving the parts thereof' and lifting and lowering the buckets; D, a trestle provided with trucks and inclined downwardly from point D to point. D2; E, a car having removable sides or doors; F, a car for carrying buckets mounted upon a track, G, placed parallel to the trestle; H, a'cable attached to each end of the cars F and passing around rollers or sheaves I,placed substantially as shown inl Fig. 3; J, a spool around which cable H is wrapped two or' three times. The means for operating this spool, and its object, will hereinafter be explained.

As before stated, trestleD is inclined downwardly from point D' to point D2. The track D is continuous with the main track, (not shown,) so that loaded cars can be run from the latter to any point upon track D and dumped. After the contents are dumped the brakes are loosened and the cars allowed to run down the incline by their own gravity to make way for loaded ears. Upon each side of the trestle, and running parallel thereto, are tracks G G, upon which are placed ears F. These cars are provided with only one side, F', that nearest the trestle. This side F is constructed with recesses or pockets, i nto which buckets or tubs, having suitable handles for lifting them, are placed. The top of this side is provided with a lip or iange, e, which inclines upwardly toward the trestle, and prevents the matter dumped from car E from falling in the space between the car and trestles and serves to guide it into the buckets. After the car E has been dumped, carsF are pulled, by means of cable H, to a point where the buckets can be lifted from the car by the arm of the derrick and swung to a vessel into which the contents of the buckets are dumped. 9o These cars can be moved along track G the whole distance between the rollers or sheaves l, placednear the tracks. They may be operated independently of each other or made to move together by arranging suitable connecting-gear between the cables.4

Cable H is held taut upon rollers or sheaves I by wrapping or coilin g it around spool J in such a manner that when spoolJ is revolved the cable will move in the direction the spool is revolving. Spool J is supported from the door of the derrick-house by means of framegork O, the parts 0' of which rest upon the oor.

journaled in side pieces, o', of the top O.

At a suitable point upon shaft K is keyed a miter-whcel, N, which meshes with a miterwheel, N', the vertical shaft of which is journaled at its lower end in a b1ock,N2, supported from cross-pieces 02 011 frame-work O, and its upper part revolves in a bearing, R. Atthe upper end of shaft P is keyed or otherwise fastened the friction-wheel S, made of wood and secured with iron or other metal plates, and firmly bolted together. spool J is a frame, X, attached to the floor of the derrick-house. Upon cross-beamsX'X' are placed bearings V V for shaft V. This shaft is connected to the engine that works the derrick, and is constantly revolving.

Upon the outer end, between crossbeams X' X', is a double friction-wheel, T, which revolves shaft P, that projects between the parts T T". A slot is formed in the bearin g of this friction-wheel to receive a key fastened to the shaft, which keeps the wheel T constantly revolving, and at the same time allows it to be moved longitudinally the length of the slot in the bearing. These parts T' T are connected together by a shaft, T2, which is slightly longer than the apex is broad of the conical frictionwheel S, so that either one of the parts T' Tx can be connected to said wheel or both entirely disconnected from said wheel S. The object of this construction is to revolve spool J in either direction to move car F by means of cable H, or to allow the car to remain stationary when wheel T is entirely disconnected from wheel S. These movements of friction-wheel T are accomplished by means of a forked lever, u, which embraces shaft T2 in groove T3, and is pivoted to crosspeces X2 at one side of the wheel T. The outer end of the lever is passed through a slot in part X4, and connected to a rod, Y, which in turn is attached to the middle arm of a three-way lever, Z, pivoted at a', and is worked by pedals c c'. When pedal c is used the lower end of'lever u is drawn toward lever Z, and the upper end draws part TX against wheel S and revolves shaft P in one direction. When pedal c is used part T' is drawn against wheel S and the motion reversed; or when the pedals are on the same plan neither part T Tx is in contact with wheel S, and shaft P remains stationary.

The operation is as follows: A loaded car having side dumps is run up on the track on trestle D to a point between the platformcars, which hold the buckets. The sides are'then removed from the car, or, if only one track be used, one side of the car is removed, and the contents of the loaded car dumped into the The journal J' rests -iu bearings uponcross-pieces o. Upon the shaft is a gear-wheel, K, meshed with pinion L on shaft M, which `isA Around and above buckets. The inclined ylip e on the top of the side of the car F guides the matter into the bucket that would otherwise fall into the space between the car and trcstle. The operator stationed in the derrick-house now presses his foot on pedale', and it, by means of lever Z, rod Y, and lever u, forces part TX of the revolving friction-wheel T against friction-wheel S, and sets shaft P in motion, which shaft commnnicates its motion through bevel-gearN N to shaft M, which revolves spool J by means of pinion L and gear-wheel K. Spool J, in revolving, takes in cable H on one side and pays it out the other, and draws car F to a point where the arm on the derrick can be swung around and the buckets attached to the hook on the cable, which works in a sheave on the end of the arm. At the same time the footis removed from'the pedal c', and frictionwheel T assumes a `neutral position-that is, neither part T nor TX touches friction-wheel S. When this is accomplished the parts dependent upon -wheel S for motion cease to move, and car F comes to a halt. After the buckets have been unloaded and replaced upon car F, pedal c is pressed, part T on wheel T brought in contact with wheel S, the motion of spool J reversed, and the car F brought back to its former position by cable H, ready to have its buckets rellled. In the meanwhile empty dump-car E is allowed to run down the incline and a filled car pushed back into its place and the same operation performed.

Itis obvious that much labor can be dispensed with, and that a single man can attend to the hoisting machinery and operate the gearing that moves the cars F.

What we claim as new is- 1. In a loading apparatus, the combination, with a trestle provided with a track for a'dumpcar, of a car provided with dumping-buckets and placed on tracks parallel to but below the level and to one side of the trestle, substantially as set forth.

2. In a loading apparatus, the combination, with a trestle having a track for a dump-car, of a car provided with dumping-buckets and placed on tracks parallel to but below the level of the trestle, and of derrick provided with mechanism for lifting the buckets and transferring rthem to anotherpoint, substantiallyfas described.

3. In a loading apparatus, a car havingirecesses'or pockets adapted to receive buckets, for the purpose set forth.

4. In a loading apparatus, a car having re IOC:

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around said spool, and of mechanism for replace to be dumped, and return them to said volving the spool,`for the purpose set forth. oar, .for the purpose set forth.

6. In a loading apparatus, the combination, In testimony whereof We affix our signatures with a trestle having a track therein, of a buckin presence of two witnesses.

5 eti-carrying oar on tracks below the trestle and to'one side thereof, of a cable attached to each end of the car and having a spool provided with mechanism for reversing the motion and.` Witnesses: stopping the oar, and of a derriok adapted to GHAs. W. SADLER, Io lift the buckets from the car, carry them to a E. B. SADLER. 

